Determining the Bushfire Attack Level (BAL)
In accordance with Australian Standard AS 3959-2009; or
Building in a Wildfire Management Overlay Applicant’s workbook 2010

Contact us for a quote to do your BAL report or your WMO report

Equipment our Assessors have available for conducting Site assessments

>> Hand held DigiPas digital level / clinometers with sight, for slope measurements

>> Bushnell Legend 1200 Laser Rangefinder with built-in digital inclinometer for true horizontal measurements

>> Measuring (trundle) wheels; 12 inch and 6 inch (3 inch are ok for suburban streets)

>> Stanley open face fiberglass tape measures; 60m and 30m
Note for slopes of 10 degrees and over we adjust the measurements to equate to a horizontal distance
(AS3959-2009 requires a horizontal distance of 100m)

>>Garmin eTrex GPS receivers with MapSource and OziExplorer software

>> Silva Compasses

>> Leica Disto D5 laser distance and slope measuring instrument
Tripod mounted or hand-held plus a Reflective Target

>> Bosch DLE 50 Professional laser distance measuring instruments
Tripod mounted or hand-held plus a Reflective Target

>> Tripod mounted Total Station Pentax pts-2 20f,

>> Digital cameras

>> 250mm Discs and ruler for measuring Litter Bed build-up

>> 5 metre Survey Staff

>> a Square Metre measuring frame

>> Proprietary detailed worksheets for documenting site measurements, calculations and assessments

>> Various industry publications on fuel assessment and vegetation identification

>> Copies of Australian Standard AS3959-2009 and all amendments


A point of interest is that our hand held measurements correlate extremely well with the tripod mounted equipment.


Available 7 days a week – ring us on 0417 885 747

We would welcome the opportunity of expanding on any of the points mentioned above.

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BAL ASSESSMENTS
Mobile: 0417 885 747
email: John@BAL.net.au

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